Riot Fest happened two weeks ago, and I’m still not over it, so I’m going to talk about it some more. Riot Fest is by far my favorite Chicago music festival, it may even be my favorite thing about Chicago. For starters, all my teenage wishes came true at my first Riot Fest a few…

While “summer” in Chicago is probably the only time you’ll have consistent enough weather to train for a marathon outside, the more consistent weather also makes these months the best time to travel to and from Chicago (I say “summer” because we really only have 2 months of nice weather). With weekend trips, weddings, family…